Ms. Breite was a critical care nurse for 25 years with experience caring for patients with spinal cord injury, brain injury, burns, amputations, respiratory and other medical conditions and diseases. She has cared for infants and newborns with trauma, birth injuries, burns and inhalation injuries as well.
Because of her in-depth medical background she is very knowledgeable of the disease and injury process as well as the long term residual problems and needs of the cases she addresses for life care plans. Her case management skills allow her to make the appropriate recommendations for the client.
Ms. Breite has testified in numerous depositions and at trial in several states and is available to provide Life Care Planning and Medicare Set Aside services to both plaintiff and defense as a certified consultant.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: Registered Nurse
Certified Nurse Life Care Planner
Medicare Set Aside Consultant Certified
Legal Nurse Consultant Certified
RN Licensure - Missouri and Illinois
Medical Case Manager
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: American Association of Nurse Life Care Planners, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants,
National and Local
Bar Administration of Metropolitan St. Louis (Missouri)-Affiliate
Trial Lawyers Association of St. Louis (Missouri)
Brain Injury Association (National)
Brain Injury Association of Missouri
Spinal Cord Injury ASsociation (National)
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: I've taught Life Care Planning in regard to burns and amputations. I've spoken on other areas of Life Care Planning brain injury, spinal cord injury, testimony,and business management. I've taught and spoken in regard to Legal Nurse Consulting.
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: Never that I know of.
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: About 100.
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: As a Life Care Planner, as a Nursing expert witness in Nursing Negligence and as a fact witness.
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: 100 %
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: I've reviewed LCP's for the defense and worked behind the scenes assisting the attorney if case preparation and rebuttals.
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: 1/18/2006
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: January is the start of my 12th year.
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: Life Cae Planning including on-site home evaluation, Medicare Set Aside Consulting and reports, Legal Nurse Consulting.
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: $150.00
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: $150.00 for development of the Life Care Plan which includes a review of all medical documents.
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: $250.00
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: $250.00
